This might be fun. And it'll give us all a chance to brag like crazy about how travelled we are.

Where have you dived? What's your "house reef" if you dive at home? What's on your wish list?

My home base is Northern California, and that's where I do most of my diving: Monterey/Big Sur, and the Sonoma/Mendocino Coasts.

I've also been to:
Montana
Tahoe
Southern California
Channel Islands
Florida Keys
Cozumel
Belize
Hawaii Bali Bikini
Coast of Kenya
Sea of Cortez
Roatan
Maui
Chuuk
Ponepei
Majuro(snorkeling only)

Hmm....that doesn't look like much; I'd better get busy!

Wish list: Solomon Islands and Kiribati for starters.

How about you? C'mon, folks..i want to have to get my atlas out when I get home tonight!

Do cold, dark gravel pits count??

Hey, I've never dived there...you're one up on me! Sure, they count!

here mine...


House Reef - Florida Keys

(Message edited by muddysoapfish on May 29, 2008)

Fancy, Timmmmy! I'm jealous of some of your...

You reminded me that I left off Bonaire and Curacao! Doh!

I've dove.

USA
New England Ocean and many lakes (to many to count).
South Carolina
West Palm Beach, Florida
Florida Keys three times
California

Belize
Cozumel
Grand Cayman
St Martin
Barbados
Tahiti
Bonaire five times

Yikes...well I'm a novice.

Haigh Quarry (Home Reef)
Pearl Lake (Almost Home Reef)
Bahamas
St. Thomas
Florida
Bonaire....Bonaire....Bonaire....Bonaire....Bonaire!

My short list:

Texas
Antigua
St Johns
St Lucia
Barbados

... and soon to be (drum roll) one of the top 5 dive destinations in the world.. BONAIRE!!

Hey, it's a short list but not bad our first year of diving..

And we've all been to different destinations. I'll know who to ask when I'm planning a trip!

Oh and our "house reef" is Clear Springs Scuba Park. It's a spring fed quarry with a couple of boats and planes that have been sunk. They also have a huge metal shark that you can swim through.

O.K., I'll play.

St. Kitts
Nevis
Antiqua
Anquila
Bonaire
Curacao
St. Martin
Tobago
Roatan
St. Croix
Culebra
Dutch Springs, PA.

No home reef, as I won't dive the Jersey Shore, warm water wuss here. That's all I can think of right now, been going to Bonaire for so long, forget where else I have been now. Good thread though.

Florida Springs
Florida - Gulf of Mexico - from Venice to Pensacola
Florida - East coast - Ft. Lauderdale, Pompano beach, W.Palm Beach
Cayman Islands (all 3)
Belize (Nekton Pilot)
Bonaire (twice - looking for 3rd trip)
PNG
St. John USVI

BC, how was the Sea of Cortez? I've always wanted to go there, even before learning to dive.

Oh I forgot the Florida Keys.

Cozumel
NA - Bonaire, Curacao
Caymans - Grand, Brac, Little
St. Croix
T&C - Grand Turk & southern islands
- West Caicos, French Cay
Antigua
BVI - Tortola
Kona, Hawaii
Truk Lagoon

We have a house in Bonaire, so the house reef is Bonaire since we don't dive in northern NJ

House reef, Southern California, Catalina Island

I've been:

Southern California, Laguna Beach (lots)
Catalina Island (lots)
Santa Barbara, California
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (twice)
St. Maarten
British Virgin Islands
Bonaire (lots)
St. Croix (snorkeling only)
Oahu
Maui (snorkeling only)
Kaui (snorkeling only)
Jamaica (in a little over a week...yiippeeee)

Wish List:
Galapagos
Fiji
Sea of Cortez (that one should be easy!)
Indonesia

Linda, it was interesting, but getting pretty ravaged by over fishing. The just drag nets along the bottom and haul everything up, keep what they want, destroy the rest. And when i was there, years ago, the fishermen killed every turtle they could get their hand on whether it was legal or not.

The contrast between the desert above and the fecundity below was pretty dramatic. I took Ricketts' "Journey to the Sea of Cortez" with me, and read his entries for the places I dived, which was pretty fun.

Not bad at all Kimo !

Okay here's my list

North Sea (Brrrrr)
Maledives (Indian Ocean)
Cyprus (mediterranean)
Israel (Mediterranean)
Israel (Gulf of Eilat)
Egypt (El Quseir Red Sea)
(2,5 years of daily about 4 to 5 times)
Egypt (Marsa Alam Red Sea)
Egypt (Safaga Red Sea)
Egypt (Hurghada Red Sea)
Belize (Caye Caulker Caribbean Sea)
Mexico (Tulum Gulf of Mexico)
Aruba (Caribbean Sea)
4 years of weekly 4 to 6 times)
Bonaire (Caribbean Sea)
About half a year now
House reef: Alice in wonderland/Tribs in Sea Cucumberland)

Well, I'm embarrassed by my short list, but here goes:

Cozumel
Bonaire (x3)
Sea of Cortez (San Carlos, MX)
San Diego, CA (Wreck Alley)
Lake Pleasant, AZ

House Reef would be Lake Pleasant.

Hey, I forgot Wreck Alley (3 times). Brad, when have you dove there? We did the Yukon it right after they sank it, and then a couple years after, it's amazing what is growing on the Yukon!

Oh Wait, I forgot, the Yukon and Wreck Alley is a myth, right CB?....lol...

Have you dove Lake Pleasant? how is it? I've thought about bringing our gear over sometime when we visit the kids and checking it out...just for the experience.

Hey Cynde, we dove Wreck Alley in January of this year and are hoping to get back there this summer.

Lake Pleasant is not bad for a local lake site. The best time of year is probably March, April and early May when they are letting in more water. You get better visibility during that time.

Yes, Brad, Wreck Alley is a myth. It doesn't exist. No boats go to it. You didn't dive there.






Actually it's a place where I am sure to get skunked...either big seas or I can't get a boat to take me there. They're all getting their nails done, or they don't want to get the tank holders dirty or something....sheesh.



Bette...your list....I don't know what to do with you.....

If you go this summer, give us a shout, we are just an hour north of SD, and would love to dive it again. We go with the Lois Ann, what boat do you go on?

Oh wait, CB is right, Wreck Alley is a myth. She's right, no boats want to go there, or they are getting their hair and nails done and don't have the time. I haven't really been there either, since it's a myth.

Looks like I've missed the LP window, maybe next year, that, and I refuse to go to AZ in the summer, I don't do well with the heat.

I think Bette wins

(Message edited by cyndelee on May 29, 2008)

Dn'DII with Dive Connections. How did you like the Lois Ann?

CB, I didn't? Hmmmm...that might explain some things...

This is a pretty new operation that looks nice. They're the ones that were going to take us, with Martin, last year, but they had Coast Guard inspection to get their Big Boy rating that day...

http://www.waterhorsecharters.com/boatspecs.html

LOVE the Lois Ann, small boat, the owner bought it from the previous owner a few years ago. Top notch operation and they are VERY safety conscious (however you spell that)...lol!

Quick Yukon story. One of the times we went, everyone was gearing up, it was April [READ COLD WATER] and this cute little gal was gearing up, she had on a 1mm suit, and a lycra hood. I thought...wow...this chick must really be tough. Her hood wasn't even tucked into her wetsuit. Her buddy goes out the gait, and then she goes. The DM who was standing at the gait (fully clothed, as we all know that DMs in So Cal never go in the water) jumped in right after her...we were like WTF???? The you hear him cussing and yelling as he was dragging her back to the swim step. Seems her inflator hose was not hooked up and when she hit the water, she dropped like an anchor. When she got on the boat, her eyes were as big as watermellons....I don't think she had too many dives under her belt. Needless to say she didn't dive.

Michael got sick one time as well, so the second dive I was buddyless, and these "yahoo's" said I could go with them, but they were penetrating, and I could just "watch their bubbles."...uh...no thank you. The DM (who is now the owner) looks at me like "pass"...I did. These guys went into deco, and when they got out they were bragging about how far in the red in deco they were, and that they were digging holes in the bottom to get their computers to register more than 100feet....idiots.

CB, I have some friends that go out on the Humbolt. I was thinking that would be who we went with next time.

I have a Yukon story too, of my own ignorance. Let's just say, always check your dive computer settings...every dive.

CB, that's a nice looking boat!

I like Timmmy's, all except Canada, BRRRR! Tell me Haiti was on a live aboard, scary place. Add that to my exception list.

Lots of cool places BT'rs have been to!

I always wanted to go to Tahiti, but not sure it is worth the jet lag or not.

Brad, the stories about my dumbness are legion. Eric keeps a second log just so he won't forget them.

Debbie, he's got Cuba on there too...one I'd love to do.

Ok, enough dreaming about diving. Gotta go restring a church piano, now that choir practice is over.



Carry on without me....

Well I definitely learned from my mistake, and I won't let it happen again.

I think we've hijacked the thread, sorry. Where has everyone else dived?

Brad, I hijacked my own thread...I'm so proud!

Debbie - Yep It was a pod stop - great dive though...

Cuba's 8 days of wall diving was awesome !

I guess that's the way we 'Mericans get to see Cuba, at least for now. I'd settle for it. Big boat of live aboard?

Ok, I'm really going now.




BAD me, late again....

UK North Sea and a very cold quarry
Indonesia
Maldives
Grand Cayman
Tobago

I wanted to write my list in a smaller case so nobody would notice :-\ but I still have to find out how to do that exactly

I a sorry :-\\\\\

\-2{like this Bette} = the smallest type on BT

thank you Timmy


IT WORKED :-)))))))))))

Been diving at:
Channel Islands, CA (Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Clemente, Catalina)
Santa Barbara, CA
Jade Cove, CA (up by Big Sur)
Orange County, Los Angeles & Ventura County, CA Beaches
La Paz, Baja California Sur - Mexico
Oahu, Hawaii
Fiji
British Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
Roatan, Hondourus
Grand Cayman
Bahamas
Florida Keys
Boynton Beach, FL
BONAIRE x 11

I like ice cream and warm, clear, water.

KIWI!!!!!

I've dove...
Springs in FL
Ft. Lauderdale
Venice Beach
Bonaire 3x!
_{I need to start traveling!!!!!}

Hey Kiwi Steve - How the H3ll are yah!!

hi
i've been diving in:
niagra river
up satate ny
maui
nj
bvi
usvi
fiji
fl keys snorkle
bonaire (13)
my mind is a blank but have gone other places
es

Our list is

Bahamas Green Turtle Key (snorkelling)
Bahamas (Nassau snorkelling were got the urge to learn to dive)
Bahrain (PADI certified Pearl Diver)
Barbados (x2)
Bonaire (x15)
Crystal River Fl (x2)
Curacao (2)
Dry Tortugas (snorkelling)
Grand Cayman
Hawaii
Indonesia (Lambeh Straits x 2)
Indonesia (Siladen Bunaken Park)
Key Largo (x4)(OW AOW and Rescue)
Key West (x 3)
Maui
Maldives (x3)Ari Atoll and Thudufushi
Tobago Speyside

My list is in my profile, but I left out the quarrys and stuff in AL.

We go to the same places alot!

Since I've been diving since 1980, I've had a chance to go to some great places:
Quarries all over Ohio
Lake Erie, Huron & Michigan
St. Clair River
Tobermory, Canada
Springs in Florida
Florida Keys
Roatan
Ambergris, Belize
Cozumel (3X)
Truk Lagoon
Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
Matangi Island, Fiji
Cayman Brac
Baja--La Paz, Mexico
Bonaire - 14 times!
Ron's only missed Roatan and Belize; might have to go there to fill him in.

Oops, Forgot Kona, Hawaii. One night dive with the mantas! Snorkels on all the other islands, Maui, Oahu and Big Island.

KIWI!!!!!!!

Bahamas, too.

Hmmm lets see what I can remember

Bonaire
Lake George
Rhode Island (I was not always a warm water wimp!)
North Carolina
St. Croix
Cayman Islands
Bahamas
Jamaica
Truk
Maui
Curacao
I know I have forgotten something, it will come to me later.

Bonaire
Curacao
French Polynesia
Bora Bora
Huahina
Moorea
Tihiti
Around New England (COLD!)
FL So Palm Beach
CA Can Diego
Cozumel
Canada

Frozen Lake Superior
Cuba
Bonaire
San Andres Island
Canada
Curacao
United States ( MN )

Ok, I'll play too my list is short

Devils Lake, Baraboo WI (6" visibility during certification dives )
Pearl Lake, IL
The Great Barrier Reef
Bonaire (X4)

Wish List: (much longer list!!!)
Galapagos
Utilla
Kelp Diving
Bikini Atoll
Indonesia muck diving
Trinidad/Tobago
St.Vincent and the Grenadines
Saba
Fiji
Tahiti (Moorea, BoraBora)
Caymans
Ningaloo Reef (western Australia)
it just keeps going...


(Message edited by morgans4me on May 31, 2008)

Becky, we have kelp

MY BATHTUB AND YES IT BIG LIKE ME!!!!!!!!

I know Cynde... I may have to come visit!!!

Becky, our Annual Meet may get pushed into next year this time...nobody can match up schedules. It'd be great if you & Tribs(& anybody else) could make it next time. I'm hoping Tribs might have a T-Th schedule next year...